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The leading Thomas Paine expert in the U.S. presents both a biography of the controversial Founding Father and an analysis of his works. Known as the Voice of the Revolution, Paine was a truly original thinker, a man whose magnificient, freedom-loving spirit is richly captured in this major biography.
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Paine, Thomas,--1737-1809, Political scientists--United States--Biography, Revolutionaries--United States--Biography.
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1996
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JC178.V2F78 1996eb
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320.5/1/092
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Paine, Thomas,--1737-1809, Political scientists--United States--Biography, Revolutionaries--United States--Biography.
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Thomas Paine
Apostle of Freedom
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Also by Jack Fruchtman, Jr.
Thomas Paine and the Religion of Nature
The Apocalyptic Politics of Richard Price and Joseph Priestley
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Thomas Paine
Apostle of Freedom
Jack Fruchtman, Jr.
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1994 Jack Fruchtman, Jr.
Published in the United States by: Four Walls Eight Windows 39 West 14th Street, room 503 New York, N.Y., 10011
U.K. offices: Four Walls Eight Windows/Turnaround 27 Horsell Road London, N51 XL, England
First printing November 1994. First paperback printing May 1996.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a data base or other retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, by any means, including mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Fruchtman, Jack. Thomas Paine: apostle of freedom/Jack Fruchtman, Jr. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 1-56858-063-0 1. Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. 2. Political scientistsUnited StatesBiography. 3. RevolutionariesUnited StatesBiography. I. Title. JC178. V2F78 1994 320.5'1'092dc20 94-22790 [B] CIP
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To my father and in memory of my mother
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"Thomas Paine, one of the founders of American Independence, whose extraordinary genius must ever command attention and whose writings have summoned to action the minds of the most enlightened politicians of Europe! How different this Apostle of Freedom from those gorgeous mansions tenanted by the founders of the French Republic!" Henry Redhead Yorke, 1802
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abbreviations
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List of Illustrations
ix
Acknowledgements
xi
1. Introduction
1
Part One: Beginnings
2. Thetford and Beyond
15
3. "Poverty Begets Meanness"
35
Part Two: Liberty and the Republic
4. "Common Sense Will Tell Us"
59
5. Summer Soldiers and Sunshine Patriots
81
6. Financial Plagues and Silas Deane
105
7. A Hired Pen
131
8. Invention and Finance
157
9. France
181
10. Burke's Response: "The Swinish Multitude"
205
11. The "Inherent, Indefeasible" Rights of Man
221
Part Three: Social Responsibilty and Illuminist Spirituality
12. "The Most Determined Champion of Republican Principles"
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